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Monday, September 1, 2014

In 1960 #856 Party Set Gift Pak (after 1960 ‘pak’ was changed to ‘set’)
was offered, and retailed for $10.00.It
was one of three amazing and extremely hard to find gift sets released that
year.The other two were #857 Mix n
Match Set and #858 Trousseau Set.

This very pretty Party Set came with either a #3 or #4 blonde or brunette Ponytail
Barbie doll dressed in her black and white striped swim-suit, pearl earrings (or
gold hoop earrings), with black open toe heels and sunglasses.

The Mattel catalog contained some errors in describing the outfits.It
states there were three outfits, but there were actually portions of five
ensembles.It never came with the Golden
Girl purse; it actually came with the Silken Flame Purse that was pictured.It also states that the Plantation Belle
dress came with a straw hat, but in fact the Suburban Shopper dress is the one
that had the straw hat which was also pictured in the set, and of course the
bra and panties were not part of the Plantation Belle outfit either.They were sold separately.

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I'm Marie, and as you can see I love collecting Barbie. I've been collecting vintage Barbie dolls for over twenty-five years!I'm married to my high school sweetheart, and we have three children, five grandchildren, and a loveable Standard Poodle puppy. We live in the beautiful state of Oregon on five peaceful acres. Country living is just the best! We are close to the Ocean, which is my favorite, and we are a short drive to the mountains as well. Oregon has the best of both worlds! We also love photography and traveling, so you'll find a bit of that here too.

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